Yes, I can recall getting a few sub-$500 beaters painted at Earl Scheib as a teenager. If I recall, the cheapest paint job was like $79, with no prep work. That's where they got you, if you had them do bodywork.
And the colors they had to choose from were truly unique - you knew an ES paint job when you saw the color. True, if you did a good job prepping the car it wasn't a bad deal, if you could tolerate the crappy colors. Dan --- On Sun, 12/27/09, Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] "There's no accounting for taste. " > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 4:18 PM > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:36 AM, > LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > (http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/1517995226.html) > > > It's an Earl Scheib color. Very popular when I was a > teen. > > > > I know Earl Scheib is the bottom of the barrel as far as > auto > painting, but do they really not tape off the door handles > and trim > before they spray? Or did the owner of the car in the > CL ad do that > on purpose??? > > I actually kind of like the black wheels. I've more > than once thought > half-seriously while scrubbing brake dust off wheels, that > I could get > a big chunk of my life back if I just got the wheels on > every car I > own powder-coated black. > > Re cheapie chain paint jobs, I've heard it said that if you > do the > prep work yourself, they can come out decent---all depends > on the > ability and standards of the particular franchise > operation. I had a > car painted a few years ago by a Maaco location that has a > reputation > as being better than the other Maacos here in > Portland. I removed as > much as I could of the trim beforehand, taped off the rest, > and > sanded---it was a '71 Dart so taking off the trim was > trivial (unlike, > say, a 126). It still looked good a year later when I > sold the car, > but I don't know about long-term durability. > > Alex > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
